Sunday, October 02, 2016

GEOGRAPHY. Unit 1. Studying territories.



WORD
MEANING
Anthropic
Related to humans.
Atlas
Collection of maps.
Bank
The slope of land that borders a stream, river, or lake.
Coal
A mineral of glowing or burned wood or other combustible substance.
Contours
Closed curves and lines that connect points at the same altitude.
Crop / Harvest
The plant, or the product of a plant, produced while growing.
Crust
The outer layer of the earth.
Dam
A barrier to obstruct or control the flow of water, built across a stream or river.
Earthquake
Vibrations in the earth's crust causing the ground to shake.
Edge
A line or border at which a surface end
Flood
A great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usually submerged.
Geography
Science that identify, contextualise, describe, explain and relate the different facts and phenomena that are associated with territories.
Grasshoper
A plant-eating insect having large hind legs used for leaping.
Herd
A number of animals feeding, traveling, or kept together
Reaning of animals
Livestock.

Scale
A proportional relashionship existing between what is represented on the map and reality.
Settlements
A small community, as in a thinly populated area.
Soil
The land that it has been prepared for cultivation.
Stream
Any flow or current of liquid, fluid…